Acknowledged for his “sense of style and sophistication” by Opera News, noted as “an amazingly versatile conductor” by The Boston Globe, praised for conducting with “admiral command” by The New York Times, and KUSC calls him “one of the most adventurous conductors in the world today”. Gil Rose is a musician helping to shape the future of classical music. Over the past two decades, Mr. Rose has built a reputation as one of the country’s most inventive and versatile conductors before the public.
His dynamic performances on both the symphonic and operatic stages as well as over 100 recordings have garnered international critical praise.
BMOP/Odyssey Opera's recording of John Corigliano & Mark Adamo's "The Lord of Cries" nominated for GRAMMYs
ReadPicker’s score ebbs and flows through a contemporary Romantic vein that he has made his own with a fine ear for instrumentation. Gil Rose, conducting an ensemble with strings, winds, a harp, tuba and piano, relishes a Ravel-like waltz when the patients feel the first benefits of the drug L-Dopa.
– Michael Beek, BBC Music Magazine on Tobias Picker's Awakenings, November 2023
The recording... features the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, timeless and prolific advocates for new American music. Conductor Gil Rose's direction is punchy and dramatically alert, while the recording is appropriately in your face.
– Clive Paget, Musical America on John Corigliano and Mark Adamo's The Lord of Cries, November 2023
Once again, Boston Modern Orchestra Project under Gil Rose do the honors and prove sure-footed guides, clarifying even the knottiest passages to get to the nub of this richly conceived masterwork.
– Clive Paget, Musical America on Tobias Picker's Awakenings, November 2023